Andrew Putnam Hill, Jr. papers, 1860-1986.

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Andrew Putnam Hill, Jr. papers, 1860-1986.

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The bulk of the Andrew P. Hill, Jr. papers chronicles the training and career of a professional educator and architect over the course of sixty years, from approximately 1910-1975. Included in the collection are professional and personal correspondence, photographs, academic documents, architectural renderings, newspaper clippings, biographical and family memoirs, and a taped audiocassette interview of Andrew P. Hill, Jr. in 1972. The extent of the collection spans nearly 130 years, including materials and photographs created by Andrew P. Hill, Sr., as well as family memoirs written in the 1970s by Birdella Hill Laughlin, Andrew P. Hill, Jr.'s daughter.

2.14 cubic feet (7 boxes).

San Jose State University

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San Jose State University

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Sourisseau Academy for State andLocal History,San Jose State University,

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Hill, Florence Watkins, 1858-1936.

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Hill, Frank Ernest, 1888-1969

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Hill, Andrew Putnam, 1853-1922.

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Sempervirens Club of California

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Hill, Andrew Putnam, Jr., 1886-1973.

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Educator, architect. Educated San Jose State College and Stanford University (B.S. 1911). Taught industrial arts in San Francisco Bay Area schools (1912-20). Assistant Superintendent San Jose City Schools (1920-27). Director, California Dept. Education Division Schoolhouse Planning (1927-33). Superintendent, Santa Maria Union High School District (1935-40). Superintendent, Stockton Unified School District (1940-50). From the description of Andrew Putnam Hill, Jr. Papers, 1860-1960, b...